JWST Detects Water and Dust Near Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water and cosmic dust around an aging star located near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center. This discovery challenges previous assumptions, indicating that water and dust can form and survive in the harsh, intense radiation environment close to a supermassive black hole, thereby impacting our understanding of galactic core conditions.